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The Lexington Herald from Lexington, Kentucky • 6

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Tuesday Morning April 6 1948 Toes Page 6 THE LEXINGTON HERALD eard Is Named To Nelms Foundation All-America The Morning Line By BABE KIMBROUGH Kentucky Is Rated National Champion Rupp Honored Again New Mark Not Expected In Tough Masters Meet JtT''? v' -y i 4 (1 Polld SfllflGS While members of the University of Kentucky squad are being honored for their outstanding accomplishments in winning the national collegiate cage championship a man who played an important part in guiding the Wildcats to these high honors may be losing hia insofar as basketball is concerned Daring the past two years Assistant Coach Harry has beea dividing Ma tiaae fertwm hylptag Caaeh Adolph Rapp with the Kentucky refers and track-- ing la the Physical Education Department the major part of his pay coming from his teaching efforts In addition to aiding at the daily practice sessions In Alumni gymnasium Lancaster has been the chief scout and Information which he has gathered Concerning the foes undoubtedly has been of great value to them in winning 36 games in 39 starts this season However It is understood that UK educational authorities have recently taken the view that no Kimbrough Tom ert wod yesterdaj Coil1 Wbeelim Hot slnct part of tl Coal the Fhoe his work work wa Ben 9 3-9 wkfchn in 1:11 jxvenili airca It wi and to 1 waa trail because of Ballot By during person on the teaching staff can In the future serve as an athletic 1 coach Then It further understood the Athletic Department has taken the view that It Is not la a financial position to employ a fulltime assistant basketball coach In other words either Coach Lancaster must give up his teaching duties from which he derives the major part of his or sever his connection with the basketball team The situation has been discussed back and forth for sotne weeks now and the latest dope is that a final decision will not be reached until President Donovan returns from Germany What price Glory! Frankly It appears to me that basketball at the Unlversltv of Kentucky has "just shout reached the place where It could afford to have fall-time assistant coach I believe a team which his wen five Southeastern Conference championships fat row and has annexed the National Invitational the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Olympic Trials Collegiate Division titles in s' three-year spaa can draw enough cash enstemers to pay a fall-time salary i By Chick Haseh 1 Speculation Gtte total ia the 12th annual Hasten golf tournament starting hare Thursday indicates that Ralph Guldahl's record 278 in 1939 is safe for at least another year A poll of most of the 50-odd ex-pected to tee off in the $10000 Svent ranged from 281 to 285 in most cases but Jimmie Demaret the defending champion who also won in 194Q guesses 280 He won srith 280 the first time and had 281 last year The condition of the course is near-perfect but some of the entrants now engaged in four days of formal practice say it is playing long and there seems to be turf than in past With few exceptions entrants have found the 6300-yard National Country Club course tough thus tar in practice rounds An incident involving the participation of Frank Stranahan who set a record tow for amateurs of 283 In tying for second place last year came to a head today Clifford Roberta tournament chairman handed out a written statement which said that invitation to play had been withdrawn because of of regulations made for the protection of the golf course and far the benefit of ell players in the tournament was a repetition of similar' offenses of which he had been guilty last year and against which he had been warned In 'these circumstances our tournament committee felt Justified in considering that the violation of its regulations was flagrant and that it bad no other choice than to request Mr Stranahan's withdnwaL Stranahan other than to deny that he had violated any of the regulations said he had no comment Graziano Exiended To Beat Horne WASHINGTON April 5 Middleweight Champion Rocky Graziano the bad boy of boxing returned to the ring tonight to pound out a narrow-squeak ten-round decision over Sonny Horne Rocky's title wasn't involved Graziano weighed 160 Horne 161 The decision of the judges was unanimous but many in the crowd cf 6000 thought Home had won and therefore booed mightily Graziano a back-alley type fighter who usually depends on one punch to win stalked Home throughout the fight hut he never connected Average rainfall over the United States ia 30 inches a year AT BANQUET FOR national champion basketball team was honored at a testimonial dinner sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce last night at the Phoenix hoteL At the table from left to right were: Front Mrs Adolph Repp Coach Rapp and Harry toner the principal speaker hack A (Bob) Sparks toastmaster and John Moeller Jaycee president Wildcat Cage Squad Is Feted It has not yet been decided whether the game between the Wildcats and the Phillips Oilers scheduled for early next July will be played In Lexington or Louisville Originally It had been planned to stage the tilt In the Louisville Armory bat It Is understood that workmen win begin installing facilities far lee hockey In the arena July 1 and that it might be Impossible to heU the cage spectacle there From the start Coach Rupp has favored playing the game on Stoll Field provided armory officials will allow him to bring their moveable floor to Lexington Now it appears that the along with several thousand Lexington Central and Eastern Kentucky may have hia way A suggestion has been made that and the OiWi come -to Lexington Coach Rupp arrange to hold a one-day basketball clinic the game between the Wildcats and the Oilmen topping off the school Undoubtedly such a clinic to say nothing of the game wenld draw jnst about ovary high school and college bask rt ball coacb within flying distance of Lexington Ralph Beard was named to the 10-man first All-American team released yesterday by the Helms Foundation it was learned last night The foundation recognized Kentucky as national champion Alex Groza of Kentucky and Don Ray of Western Kentucky ere named to the second squad and Coach Adolph Rupp previously named to the -t Coaching Hall of Fame was pre- 1 sented with a special award for leading the Wild- cats to the national championship Beard This was the third time the Helms Foundation has recognized Kentucky as the best In the nation The Wildcats were honored first in 1933 and again in 1946 Ed Macaulay of St Louis as chosen the Player of the Year and Lewis Andreas Syracuse and Nibbs Price California were voted into the Coaches Hall of Fame Here are the Helms first two teams: First Tony Lavelll Yale: Murray Wier Iowa Richard Dickey Carolina State: Duane Klueh Indiana State: Ed Macaulay St Louis: Jack Nichols Washington: Beard Kentucky Kevin O'Shea Notre Dame: Arnold Ferrin Utah Andrew Wolfe California Second Ray Western Kentucky: George Kaftan Holy Cron Bob Gale Cornell: Joe Nelson Brigham Young Groza Kentucky James McIntyre Minnesota: Jackie Robinson Baylor Howard Shannon Kansas State: Peter Elliott Michigan: A Bennett Oklahoma A and More Reds Tickets Will Go On Sate An additional 900 general mission tickets for the Cincinnati Reds-Syncuse Chiefs baseball game April 15 will be put on sale it was announced yesterday at a luncheon meeting of the Co-Operative Club at the Lafayette hotel The game sponsored by the club for benefit of the milk fund will be played at 2 at the American Legion ball park Tickets are on sale at the Kaufman Clothing Company store Speaker at meeting was Phil Sutterfield sportscaster for Radio Station WKLX who gave some scenes' observations of tahe Wildcats basketball team He has traveled with the team for the past two years Club members agreed to co-operate in the Presidents Round Table testimonial banquet for the team New Jersey Bettors To Shoulder Load TRENTON April 5 MV-Acting on the demand of Gov Alfred Driscoll that legislation be enacted before the 121-day season gets under wsy on April 15 a Joint meetingo he Senate and House taxation committees tonight recommended an increase of two per cent in the from New Jer-horaeracin seyno The plan will place most of the burden on the bettors Last week the three race Garden State Monmouth Park and Atlan tic issued a joint statement saying that they would have to close if a proposed taw cutting their profits to four per cent were pass Gardner Will Stay At Kansas State Post MANHATTAN Kaiu April Jack Gardner announced today he will remain as head basketball coach at Kansas State College although he has had several opportunities to take Jobs elsewhere His announcement ended persistent rumors that Gardner woulf take another coaching post His basketball team this year made the best recced in the school's history winning 22 games against six tones K-State the Big Seven championship and placed fourth In the NCAA finals Phog Allen To Speak At Cats' Testimonial Dean of American basketball coaches Dr Forrest (Phog) Allen of the University of Kansas will be the speaker at a testimonial luncheon being given for the University of Kentucky cage Wildcats next Monday noon at the Lafayette hoteL The veteran mentor who once coached Adolph Bupp is being brought here for the Presidents Round Table celebration sponsored by Lexington's six luncheon clubs Co-Operative Exchange Kiwania Lions Optimist and Rotary Faulconer president of the Round Table which comprises top officers of the member clubs will preside: Robert Odear Kiwanis president is gifts chairman ana A Mayo Travis Lions president is ticket chairman Tickets at $2 each have been apportioned to the dubs which will cancel their usual luncheon meetings next week it was explained The Gold Red Colonial and Green rooms of the hotel have been reserved for the banquet Sportsmen's Meeting Scheduled Tonight A visitor to the UK Athletie Department yesterday was Clem Crowe former basketball coach at Xavier University in Cincinnati and I now on the coaching staff of the Buffalo Bills professional football teem Wildcat Gridders Are Divided For Friday Night Encounter form lat Widener Otl showen the 194 fxrlCBg clacked BQ11 owner timed th candidal Look hai Odi Abercn greyed that Texas Useful and at Rel Laxisvf Phai Slam an Warren are dig! pounds i 4 Expterattai Kofelnoor "Royal Fm' Plary Bnar Xroc Black On BuMorscoti Walar Lh IP PS 3k UK Frosh Drub MMI Thinlies By Winfield Leathers University of Kentucky's freshman track and field squad opened local cinder competition yesterday on the UK track and turf by more than tripling the score 95-30 over the varsity harriers from Millers-burg Military Institute Coach Don (Cash) Seaton's Kentucky trackmen compiled their points by claiming 13 winners nine second places and three thirds figured on a 5-3-1 basis The visitors won only one event the 220-yard low hurdles earned five aeconds and 10 show tallies Harold Ziegler Fort Thomas paced the UK point-makers by garnering 164 points on three first broad Jump cigh Jump and pole vault and running the third lap on the winning mile-relay team Bob Fraiman Brooklyn collected second-high individual honors with 15 points by winning three events 440 880 and the Javelin throw Jesse Holbrook topped the MMI cindermen with nine points by winning the visitor's only first place the 220-yard tow hurdles picking up three points for second position in the 120-yard high hurdles and adding a matker for third place in the pole vault Kentucky lost no prestige in not taking all 14 first places as the MMI obstacle-jumpers ran over hurdles according to high school specifications while the UK man raced over the official collegiate hurdles Holbrook won the tow hurdle event by going over a distance of 200 yards in 2SZ while Guy Weeks former Lexington Henry Clay star went the full 220 yards in 254 for a very close finish Summary: Track Itnl Mite Carr i193 Reunite (UK: Daoahsr 44S-Yd Fralman (UK) SM Dryer HK Kaihaa 1MMI1 Ifeg-Yd Dash Bethany rK) Hammock iVKC Stapleton (MMI 13S-YS Hurd Hard Weeks (UK) Holbrook (MMIi Akors (MMIi as-Yd Run Froimoa tUK) 11SS Brown (UKt Write 1UK1 no Yd Dash Bethany (UK) SU Hammork (UK): Stapleton (MMI 120-Yd Lev Holbrook (MMI) 3S3: Weeks UKi: Akers 'MMIi Mite Relay Kentucky (Bethany Daria Ziegler Dryer S1SS: MMI I Bingham Williams Field Nathan) Track Errata Score Kentucky Midi it Field rents Shat Basis (VKi II ft ta As Cardinals Clip Phillies ST PETERSBURG Fla April 5 (JV-Howard Pollet showed his bci form of the spring today when he held the Philadelphia Athletics scoreless for five innings and wa touched for only one hit The St Louis Cardinals won the game 9 to 6 The Philadelphia starting pitcher Bill McCahan was wild He walked eight men before he removed with the bases filled the fourth inning Del Wilbur drove In three of the Cardinal runs and Whitey Kurow-ski two Kurowski showed ore signs of shaking off his batting slump leading the Redbird hitters with a double and a single in tarns At SL Frioisharg Flu Seen by inntnga: Lit Philadelphia 1A1 SSS SSS I i St Loot iN) SIS 303 McCahan Schcih (4 and Hour Onerra Paltet Stater (Si and Wilber mot COLONELS CLOUT BRAVES BRADENTON Fla April 8 The Louisville Colonels of the American Association today pushed across two runs in the 10th inning to top the Boston Braves 6-5 The Boston Red Sox farmhands dissolved a 4-4 tie in the 10th when Ken Chapman singled off Lyons to score two mates The Braves came back with one run in their half of the inning on Earl Torgeson's triple and Danny Litwhiler's single but relief Pitcher Schuster stopped the rally Louisville hatters slugged Red Barrett Jim Prendergast and Lyons for 15 hits including three bv Catcher Les Aulda Sibby Sisti and Torgeson had three safeties each for Boston Bl Brandonton Fla araie by innings: Louiortlte (AAf SSS SSS 1S1 IS Boston (N) 344 SIS SSI Mod ten Ortftoi it Barker kl Bcbusior 1S and A olds: Barm Prone r-aot ilt Lyons (ISi and asikod Karr ilB YOU MAY HAVK TERMITES CALL TERMINIX CO 229 Walnut SL Phene ZZW i 1 iT OD SSANK fSMS SSSWIMO CO roc Kiisiiui ssiraca The April meeting of the Blue-grass Sportsmen's League will be held at 750 o'clock tonight at the Kentucky Utilities auditorium Koehler league president announced yesterday Plans for the show master of ceremonies to be sponsored by the local organization will be discussed at the I Harness Racing Association meet at meeting The show will be held I Santa Anita Park Following the program mem- hers of the team and the coaching staff were presented gilt certi fi cates good for new suits of clothes A (Bob) Sparks served as A crowd which filled the ball I room to overflowing last night honored Coach Adolph Rupp and the University of Kentucky Wildcats at a testimonial dinner sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Phoenix hoteL Harry Wismer nationally known sports announcer delivered the I principal address Wismer recounted the feats of the UK team during the season Coach Rupp in a short talk said that taking a team to the I Olympic Games was greatest thing that could happen to a coach Rupp said the Olympic committee ignored the votes of the Wildcats in selecting the collegiate players for the squad He said the Kentuckians voted for Jack Coleman of Louisville and Jim Owens of Baylor but the committee picked Ray Lumpp of NYU and Jackie I Robinson of Baylor Dr Leo Chamberlain acting president of the University also spoke briefly A skit Halves in the I Dressing directed by Faulconer provided numerous laughs with Humsey Yassin man' I ager of the team giving a stellar performance in the role of Coach Rupp Driven by Joe O'Brien War Master paid 5540 $360 and 5280 Hoi lis 8410 and 8320 was second Maxey Woollen $480 third Let 'V LOCATION PHONE 4237 SECOND AND JEFFERSON VORCEL TRAILER SALES Ine it pour Kentucky's football club was split yesterday Into two squads fnr next Friday night's intrasquad tut The two outfits wUl drill separately $he remainder of the week Line Coach Carney Laslie and Assistants Erraal Allen and Clar--ence Underwood will handle the Whites Backfield Mentor Frank 'Moseley and Assistants Joe Atkinson and Mike Balitsaris will di-'rect the Blues The rosters: Blues: ends Ben Zaranka Jim McConaughey Charles Bentley Harold Wooddell: tackles Doc Ferrell Jim Stephens Frank Smother-man Wendell Vance George Claiborne: guards Dick Holway Allen Hamilton Bill Lebaron Ray Porter Bill Wanna maker Bill Walker centers Bob Wodtke Bill Schaff-nit backs George Blands Paul Jones Bill Boiler Ogden Thomas Slim Owen Dick Martin Babe Ray Lawrence Howard Boh Link Lee Truman Bill Leskovar James Hibbard Jim Sarbenoff Whites: ends Jerry Claiborne Nick Odlivak Don Frampton A1 Bruno tackles Bob Gain Walt Yo-warskjr Lloyd McDermott Boh Pope: guards Pat James Len Preston Robert Kahn Dill Conde Bill Dawson: centers Kavanaugh Rogers Charles Bradshaw Eugene Pancake: backs Carl Genito Dom Fucci Wilbur Jamerson Bobby Brooks Jim Howe Norman Klein Clayton Powers Clayton Webb Jim Barnett and Ed KozlowskL At Adsk in the Aleutian Islands there are clear skies only about one per cent of the time ganannoDnaqs Detroit Jewel GAS RANGE June 11-15 at the Lexington trot-1 ting track War Master Wins ARCADIA CaliL April 5 (JF) I Favored War Master of Castleton Farms Lexington Ky rolled home a four-length winner today in the 82300 featured race at the Western Tnrnor (MMI) Anknoy (UK) Dtaru Bocn iCK' SI Ik lad Ank- I all 1 nry iUKi Hall (MMI Ja' drvlin Praraan (UK 138 ft 11 In Anknoy (UKi Boras (UKi Polo Ztogter (UKi IS ft I MrMurrsy (UK: Holbrook iHMI Hick Jump Zoster (UK ft 1 Chrutte (MMIi Hanlon (MMI' Broad Zwvter irx It ft 4 in I Hanloa iMMli Williams iMMXi I Pteld Iren to Bear Kentucky 41 MMI Trial Brora Ktnfrky SS MMI 3d SCHICK INJECTOR SMARTLY TAILORED CLOTHES Mode to Measure FOR LADIES AND CENTLEMEN Owen Finishes Fifth In Midwest Meet Ben Owen pulled up from far behind to finish In fifth place in the Midwest Amateur golf tournament at French Lick Ind which ended Sunday Lanky Ben was just eight strokes off par for the last 36 holes after a had first round had thrown him far off the pace LouisvUle's Wilford Wehrle navigated the tricky layout in to win Owen said he closed with a 37 on the last nine Sunday after several penalty strokes and a costly three-putt on the first nine of the final round had cost him a chance to finish with the leaders Top amateur golfers of several states participated in the event Browns Drop Two SAN ANTONIO Texas April 5 Two pitchers were drooped by- the St Louis Browns today reducing the squad to 29 men Ernie Bickhaus was optioned to Son Antonio and Southpaw Joe Ostrowski was sent to the Toledo dub Exhibition Baseball at SiImi CUy Ftki Bear fey tnniaym: I Hew TOffc (At MS SM IS 3 Newark lILi 1M SM 4 3 Lout Drews iti snS NairiMs Porterfield Keecaa ill ate pa nr iky tit aad 80-rastrl Litite St at Ortaada Fin: Score by tmunts: I Minneapolis (AAi SM IM 1SS-S 3 Waihtoatoa (AD SIS SM Pucker Abernathy Ti oad Almcadto Carbon Si Mariner Pfemck 7 sad XTBoa Okrlc Hi At Paltaa Tasaa: Score fey innings: Brooklyn SM Sit SM IS Dallas iTLi SM SM SM Santa and Hodgon Cmupanclla (St AV flier aadikn Anient Veins: ky inning: (Al MS IS (Si SM SIS 3 I ZoMok oad Moas: Erickson i Bodcrnlch and McCullough fin 1-DAY SERVICE IN EMERGENCIES Tropical Worsteds Light Weight Gabardines and Caverta are new available LEXINGTON TAILORS BVITK It's GOOD! win uuu Geo Payne 111 Bdwy Phase I ffbnnnnnnnnnfiEr" SI lu Score St Lewis Chicaso Sanford 7 A -i- 4 y- i 4 Man to Man FOR THE BEST IN LAUNDRY SERVICES SHIRTS and Bachelor Bundles 3-DAY SERVICE BECKER CLEANERS DRIVE IN SAVE 15 MAIN PLANT LIME AT EUCLID Jth and Brondwny rheas lg24 1 lUnlk Urn MM Mit umiak whm WSAIMSt NOWC MmUk" 7.

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